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King Ashurnasirpal in front of him there is a Sacred Tree, possibly symbolising life, and he makes a gesture of worship to a god in a winged disc

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King Ashurnasirpal in front of him there is a Sacred Tree, possibly symbolising life, and he makes a gesture of worship to a god in a winged disc

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Winged genie fertilizing a date tree, from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud. Assyrian, 884-860 BC. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Winged genie fertilizing a date tree, from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud. Assyrian, 884-860 BC. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Bas-Relief of the Lion Hunt from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Neo-Assyrian empire, ca. 883–859 BCE. They show the ritual "hunt" in an arena where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to kill with arrows...

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Bas-Relief of the Lion Hunt from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Neo-Assyrian empire, ca. 883–859 BCE. They show the ritual "hunt" in an arena where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to kill with arrows...

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The Jalalabad seal is a late 3rd millennium BCE cylinder seal reportedly found in Fars, Iran. It features a scene showing a male supernatural character with snakes spreading out of his body, probably a divinity, and 3 women bowed for worship or submission in front of him

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The Jalalabad seal is a late 3rd millennium BCE cylinder seal reportedly found in Fars, Iran. It features a scene showing a male supernatural character with snakes spreading out of his body, probably a divinity, and 3 women bowed for worship or submission in front of him

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